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Russian military receives 16 Su-34 bombers from defense industry, 6 of them operating in Syria - Russian Defense Ministry
http://www.militarytimes.com/articles/us-syrian-fighters-facing-little-resistance-at-tabqa-dam
WASHINGTON — A U.S. military spokesman says the Syrian Arab and Kurdish fighters airlifted into combat in northern Syria earlier this week have encountered only light resistance, suggesting that the operation caught Islamic State militants by surprise.
Col. Joseph Scrocca, spokesman in Baghdad for the U.S.-led coalition fighting ISIS in Syria and Iraq, said in an email exchange Friday that the U.S.-backed Syrian forces have managed to build up their numbers by bringing in additional fighters, along with armored vehicles, using boats on Lake Assad.
A view from the top of the Tabqa dam under construction on the Euphrates River around 1973.
Photo Credit: AP
24.03.2017
Free Syrian Army and other Syrian opposition groups take Suran district under control as they continue to attack to Assad regime forces and break through the center of Hama, Syria on March 22, 2017. ( Mahmoud Faisal - Anadolu Agency )
HAMA, Syria
http://aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/syrian-opposition-reaches-hama-outskirts-field-sources/779016
The Free Syrian Army (FSA) and other armed opposition groups have recently advanced on the city of Hama and now stand only 3 kilometers from the city center, sources in the field told Anadolu Agency.
The latest advances come within the context of an opposition campaign launched earlier this week from the Al-Qaboun and Jobar districts of Damascus with the aim of preventing regime forces from pushing into Eastern Ghouta, a suburb of the capital.
Recent days have seen the FSA and other opposition factions recapture several key positions in Hama.
Mohamed Rashid, a spokesman for the FSA-affiliated Jaysh al-Nasr (“Army of Victory”), told Anadolu Agency Thursday night that opposition forces had captured a number of regime troops -- he did not say how many -- and Iranian-backed foreign fighters.
Opposition forces, he said, had also destroyed two regime tanks on the Hama-Mharda highway and another four in the Souran area, while also capturing arms and ammunition stores.
Rashid went on to assert that opposition forces -- led by the Jaysh al-Nasr -- had also managed to establish control over much of Hama’s northern countryside, including the towns of Maardis, Al-Majdal and Shizar.
This means that opposition forces currently stand roughly 3 kilometers from Hama’s city center and 4 kilometers from Hama’s military airport.
Earlier Thursday, opposition fighters claimed to have struck the military airport with rockets, destroying two Syrian warplanes.
Syria has been locked in a vicious civil war since early 2011, when the Bashar al-Assad regime cracked down on pro-democracy protests -- which erupted as part of the "Arab Spring" uprisings -- with unexpected ferocity.
Since then, more than a quarter of a million Syrians have been killed and more than 10 million displaced, according to UN estimates.
Opposition forces break through the Qaboun siege
DAMASCUS, SYRIA - MARCH 20: Smoke rises as opposition forces clash with Assad regime forces' in Jobar district of Damascus, Syria on March 20, 2017. Assad regime forces were moving towards Qaboun from Jobar district of Damascus. ( Diaa Al Din - Anadolu Agency )
Clashes between Opposition groups and Assad regime forces in Damascus
DAMASCUS, SYRIA - MARCH 22: Smoke rises from the debris of a building as clashes between opposition forces and Assad regime forces continue in Jobar district of Damascus, Syria on March 22, 2017. ( Ammar Suleyman - Anadolu Agency )
Russian military receives 16 Su-34 bombers from defense industry, 6 of them operating in Syria - Russian Defense Ministry
http://www.militarytimes.com/articles/us-syrian-fighters-facing-little-resistance-at-tabqa-dam
WASHINGTON — A U.S. military spokesman says the Syrian Arab and Kurdish fighters airlifted into combat in northern Syria earlier this week have encountered only light resistance, suggesting that the operation caught Islamic State militants by surprise.
Col. Joseph Scrocca, spokesman in Baghdad for the U.S.-led coalition fighting ISIS in Syria and Iraq, said in an email exchange Friday that the U.S.-backed Syrian forces have managed to build up their numbers by bringing in additional fighters, along with armored vehicles, using boats on Lake Assad.
A view from the top of the Tabqa dam under construction on the Euphrates River around 1973.
Photo Credit: AP
24.03.2017
Free Syrian Army and other Syrian opposition groups take Suran district under control as they continue to attack to Assad regime forces and break through the center of Hama, Syria on March 22, 2017. ( Mahmoud Faisal - Anadolu Agency )
HAMA, Syria
http://aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/syrian-opposition-reaches-hama-outskirts-field-sources/779016
The Free Syrian Army (FSA) and other armed opposition groups have recently advanced on the city of Hama and now stand only 3 kilometers from the city center, sources in the field told Anadolu Agency.
The latest advances come within the context of an opposition campaign launched earlier this week from the Al-Qaboun and Jobar districts of Damascus with the aim of preventing regime forces from pushing into Eastern Ghouta, a suburb of the capital.
Recent days have seen the FSA and other opposition factions recapture several key positions in Hama.
Mohamed Rashid, a spokesman for the FSA-affiliated Jaysh al-Nasr (“Army of Victory”), told Anadolu Agency Thursday night that opposition forces had captured a number of regime troops -- he did not say how many -- and Iranian-backed foreign fighters.
Opposition forces, he said, had also destroyed two regime tanks on the Hama-Mharda highway and another four in the Souran area, while also capturing arms and ammunition stores.
Rashid went on to assert that opposition forces -- led by the Jaysh al-Nasr -- had also managed to establish control over much of Hama’s northern countryside, including the towns of Maardis, Al-Majdal and Shizar.
This means that opposition forces currently stand roughly 3 kilometers from Hama’s city center and 4 kilometers from Hama’s military airport.
Earlier Thursday, opposition fighters claimed to have struck the military airport with rockets, destroying two Syrian warplanes.
Syria has been locked in a vicious civil war since early 2011, when the Bashar al-Assad regime cracked down on pro-democracy protests -- which erupted as part of the "Arab Spring" uprisings -- with unexpected ferocity.
Since then, more than a quarter of a million Syrians have been killed and more than 10 million displaced, according to UN estimates.
Opposition forces break through the Qaboun siege
DAMASCUS, SYRIA - MARCH 20: Smoke rises as opposition forces clash with Assad regime forces' in Jobar district of Damascus, Syria on March 20, 2017. Assad regime forces were moving towards Qaboun from Jobar district of Damascus. ( Diaa Al Din - Anadolu Agency )
Clashes between Opposition groups and Assad regime forces in Damascus
DAMASCUS, SYRIA - MARCH 22: Smoke rises from the debris of a building as clashes between opposition forces and Assad regime forces continue in Jobar district of Damascus, Syria on March 22, 2017. ( Ammar Suleyman - Anadolu Agency )